Adoption:
a) of minority children by White parents generally results in children who know
very little about their cultural heritage.
b) rarely occurs among the never-married: Among adoptive parents, only 6
percent of women and 1 percent of men have never been married.
c) from China has increased in recent years, while the number of adoptions from
Guatemala and Russia have declined.
d) internationally is often a result of political decisions around the world
that produce orphans, such as China's one-child policy.
e) internationally poses great risk because children are usually not available for
adoption for at least 6-12 months, and therefore most often fail to thrive with
their new families.
Ques. 2Which of the following is true of low SES-families?
A) Mothers in SES families are more likely totalk to their infants than those in middle-SES families.
B) Parents in low-SES families are less likely to experience interpersonal conflict than middle-SES families.
C) Parents in low-SES families are more likely to work in blue-collar jobs than those in middle-SES families.
D) Mothers in low-SES families are more likely to be depressed than those in high-SES families.
Ques. 3Briefly provide two reasons that explain negative consequences of adolescent romance, such as poor academic performance, conflict with parents, and depression.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4A child custody arrangement in which the child legally lives with one parents and visits the other parent is known as joint physical custody.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Ques. 5Which is TRUE about adoption?
a) A closed adoption is one that occurs through a licensed public agency.
b) Closed adoptions were popular in the past, but today adoptions are more likely
to be open.
c) A review of college family textbooks and readers shows that adoption is
covered extensively and the focus tends to be on the positive aspects rather than the negative aspects of adoption.
d) Although few people are adopted, one larger survey found that nearly one-
third of people have some direct personal connection with adoption.
e) Private adoptions tend to be less expensive than public adoptions.
Ques. 6Provide four examples of different types of stalking.
What will be an ideal response?